Off the upcomingPursuit of Nappyness record, Nappy Roots are back with another one and I must say, I like this one quite a bit more than the last one I threw up. Featuring a lovely verse from young upstart Sugar Tongue Slim (who sounds a touch like a young Bootie Brown from Pharcyde) this is a nice one for the car stereo.

I have no idea. Just heard of this guy but he’s already got a big co-sign behind him. Apparently part of NY’s new school of lyricists, City Haze makes his debut on HHHT with this RZA produced track that sounds like some good ol’ Wu-Tang ish. I’m not 100% about this yet, but maybe it’ll grow on me. Whaddyou think?

I saved this one for last just in case you were plannin on stepping out tonight or doin some cleanin around the house after you get off this blog. Janelle Monae, the futuristic throwback — if you don’t know what I mean, you will once you hear her songs — is finally coming back to follow-up on her extra dope debut,Metropolis with ArchAndroid and I couldn’t be happier. That being said, this first tune, although fly, doesn’t seem like a huge departure from what we got on the debut and I hope it isn’t all in the same box. Either way, if you haven’t made yourself familiar yet, you should. It’s rare that Bad Boy takes the time to put their stamp on something that isn’t supposed to sell their soul so support that shit. With a little help from the Outkast general, Big Boi –

It’s been a long time coming and something that I, as well as many many others have waited years for. We got singles. We got demos. We got guestspots. And thankfully we got Big Black Lincoln. But now, after what seemed to be an endless strings of delays and setbacks, word is Saukrates is on his way back with Season One, and it’s coming soon! Here comes the first street single off the record featuring Andreena Mill.

Such an unbridled energy will not grace hip hop for another millenium. For the uninitiated, Russell Jones is also known as the Ol’ Dirty Bastard aka Ason Unique aka Big Baby Jesus. The man with more baby mothers than a mormon. The man who interrupted the Grammy Awards to let the people know that his new suit cost-ed alot of money and then declared that ‘Wu-tang is for the children!’ Real Talk.